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Thinking Italian Translation

A Course in Translation Method: Italian to English
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Thinking Italian Translation is a comprehensive and practical course designed to enhance translation skills. It addresses translation theories with clarity and offers texts from diverse genres including journalism, technical writing, and screenplays. Key translation challenges such as cultural differences, genre considerations, revision, and editing are thoroughly explored. Adapted from the well-regarded French Thinking Translation (1992), this course has been tested and refined at the Universities of St Andrews and Glasgow.
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Ideal for students, educators, and professionals seeking to improve their Italian translation proficiency with a structured and theory-grounded approach.

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A course teaching Italian-English translation skills. Focuses on ways of improving translation quality and also gives definitions of translation theories. Includes texts from a range of sources.

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Thinking Italian Translation is a comprehensive and practical translation course. It focuses on improving translation quality and gives clear definitions of translation theories. Texts are taken from sources including journalism, technical texts, and screenplays.

Translation issues addressed include cultural differences, genre, and revision and editing. Adapted from the successful French-based Thinking Translation (1992), the course has been piloted and refined at the Universities of St Andrews and Glasgow.

A Tutor's Handbook is available, which contains invaluable guidance on using the course.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780415206815

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 September 2000

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 362g

Pages: 240

About the Author

Sándor Hervey was formerly Reader in Linguistics at the University of St Andrews. Ian Higgins is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of St Andrews. Stella Cragie is Visiting Lecturer in Translation at the University of Westminster. Patrizia Gambarotta is Lecturer in Italian at the University of Mumbai, India.

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